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>and everything that happened afterwards was more like character degeneration
How? Peridot developed even more as a character like when she became brave enough to say she's a CG now to Jasper and we got even deeper into her character after her roommate left and Steven alongside Amethyst cured her of her depression. In my opinion one of the most important parts of Peridot's character development was her choosing to stay with Steven despite knowing her god was coming to kill him and his friends while lapis was a coward despite the massive power difference